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University of Missouri Family Practice
M231 UMC Medical Sciences Bldg
Columbia, MO 65212

Title: 334 Family Medicine Onsite Externship

Contact:Leslie J. Simmons

Phone: (573)882-3183
Email:simmonslj@health.missouri.edu
Website:http://somis.umh.edu/src/visting.shtml

Sponsor:Offered by Family Medicine Dept/Division
Benefits to Medical Students from other medical schools:
Malpractice Insurance: No
Housing: No
Stipend: No
Subject: Family Medicine
Level: Fourth Year
Length: Four weeks
Methods: Research, Meetings with Faculty
Number of students involved: 10 in Fourth Year, 10 Total
Number of faculty involved: 8 Full-time, 20 Part-time

Comments:
Provide care to Family medicine patients in hospital as member of FM inpatient team. Join daily rounds, take 4-5 nights on call including some weekend days, and provide supervised care to patients student admitted while on call. Follow patients after discharge. Also have exposure to ambulatory family medicine. Evaluation based on performance in both inpatient and ambulatory settings.


Title: 340 Family Medicine Maternity Care

Contact:Leslie J. Simmons

Phone: (573)882-3183
Email:simmonslj@health.missouri.edu
Website:http://somis.umh.edu/src/visting.shtml

Sponsor:Offered by Family Medicine Dept/Division
Benefits to Medical Students from other medical schools:
Malpractice Insurance: No
Housing: No
Stipend: No
Subject: Family Medicine
Level: Fourth Year
Length: Four weeks
Methods: Seminar, Clinics, Meetings with Faculty
Number of students involved: 3 in Fourth Year, 3 Total
Number of faculty involved: 1 Full-time, 4 Part-time

Comments:
Designed for students aplying to Family Medicine residencies and have a special interest in obstetrics. Introduces family-oriented obstetrical care with emphasis on continuity of care. Follow multiple families, attend to their prenatal visits, deliveries, home visits, breastfeeding appointment, circumcisions and well child checks. See somis.umh.edu/src/visiting.shtml for more.


Title: 337 Rural Family Medicine Elective

Contact:Leslie J. Simmons

Phone: (573)882-3183
Email:simmonslj@health.missouri.edu
Website:http://somis.umh.edu/src/visting.shtml

Sponsor:Offered by Family Medicine Dept/Division
Benefits to Medical Students from other medical schools:
Malpractice Insurance: No
Housing: No
Stipend: No
Subject: Family Medicine
Level: Fourth Year
Length: Four weeks
Methods: Clinics, Group Discussion, Meetings with Faculty, Written Report
Number of students involved: 4 in Fourth Year, 4 Total
Number of faculty involved: 4 Full-time

Comments:
Discover ways one rural Family Medicine clinic and hospital serves a community. Learn about health conditions and concerns prevalent in a rural setting. Identify area resources that can assist in patient care. Work with front office and lab staff to learn about practice management. Evaluation based on clinical knowledge, skill and on a project designed by student to enhance quality care.


Title: 338 Family Medicine Geriatrics Elective

Contact:Leslie J. Simmons

Phone: (573)882-3183
Email:simmonslj@health.missouri.edu
Website:http://somis.umh.edu/src/visting.shtml

Sponsor:Offered by Family Medicine Dept/Division
Benefits to Medical Students from other medical schools:
Malpractice Insurance: No
Housing: No
Stipend: No
Subject: Family Medicine
Level: Fourth Year
Length: Four weeks
Methods: Seminar, Clinics, Meetings with Faculty, Assigned Reading
Number of students involved: 8 in Fourth Year, 8 Total
Number of faculty involved: 1 Full-time, 4 Part-time

Comments:
Outpatient experience in a varitey of settings representing different levels and types of care available to elders. Work with several geriatricians, see patients undergoing geriatric assessment, develop insights to the available care and residental options that elders utilize.


Title: 336 Preventative/Community Medicine

Contact:Leslie J. Simmons

Phone: (573)882-3183
Email:simmonslj@health.missouri.edu
Website:http://somis.umh.edu/src/visting.shtml

Sponsor:Offered by Family Medicine Dept/Division
Benefits to Medical Students from other medical schools:
Malpractice Insurance: No
Housing: No
Stipend: No
Subject: Preventive Medicine/Health Promotion
Level: Fourth Year
Length: Four weeks
Methods: Meetings with Faculty, Written Report
Number of students involved: 4 in Fourth Year, 4 Total
Number of faculty involved: 1 Full-time, 1 Part-time

Comments:
Students work with individual faculty members to explore issues in preventative and community medicine. A Written sample plan must be presented for approval by course director.


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